Energy Sacrifice Zones by Rand Clifford

by Rand Clifford Featured Writer Dandelion Salad August 23, 2010 The concept is an old one. The amount of human blood spilled over control of fossil energy deposits and associated transfer routes, in the 20th Century alone, probably rivals the amount of oil BP’s Macondo well has unleashed in the Gulf of Mexico so far. [...]

Another Swing and a Miss for Congress by Walter Brasch

by Walter Brasch Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.walterbrasch.com August 23, 2010 A federal grand jury last week indicted retired pitcher Roger Clemens on charges he lied to Congress. In February 2008, Clemens, a seven time Cy Young winner, voluntarily met with a House committee and testified he didn’t knowingly use steroids or human growth hormones. The [...]

How Has it Come to This? by Dahr Jamail

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Dahr Jamail and Erika Blumenfeld t r u t h o u t (see photos by Erika Blumenfeld) Sunday 22 August 2010 The scene is post-apocalyptic. Under a grey sky, two families play in the surf just off the beach in Grand Isle, Louisiana. To get to the beach, we walk past a [...]

A simplified political spectrum by Evan Rowe

by Evan Rowe Guest Writer Dandelion Salad A New Rove Aug. 22, 2010 There has always been some confusion and arbitrary discussion about what the American political spectrum is. What defines the left and what defines the right. In many cases, there is an overlapping spectrum for libertarianism, socialism, liberal on social issues type stuff, [...]

Daniel Ellsberg on WikiLeaks, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan + Deja Vu all over again by Cindy Sheehan

by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox August 22, 2010 (SOAPBOX #69) – Cindy sez: “Greetings! This Sunday, (August 22nd) at 2 pm PST, I hope you tune into Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox to hear my fascinating and informative interview with legendary whistle blower and activist, Daniel Ellsberg.  Daniel [...]